2.1 ▲ +5.0%
Lower than 86% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.0
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
5576, SA · Postcode
Family & Households in 5576, SA
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 38% of people in postcode 5576 live alone, one of the highest rates for any similar area. This creates a distinct landscape where small households are the norm, and the typical home holds just two people.
2.1
▲ +5.0%
- 1.0: 3 areas
- 1.1: 1 area
- 1.2: 0 areas
- 1.3: 1 area
- 1.4: 1 area
- 1.5: 4 areas
- 1.6: 1 area
- 1.7: 16 areas
- 1.8: 28 areas
- 1.9: 61 areas
- 2.0: 101 areas
- 2.1: 182 areas
- 2.2: 257 areas
- 2.3: 365 areas
- 2.4: 338 areas
- 2.5: 338 areas
- 2.6: 233 areas
- 2.7: 223 areas
- 2.8: 157 areas
- 2.9: 127 areas
- 3.0: 75 areas
- 3.1: 49 areas
- 3.2: 40 areas
- 3.3: 13 areas
- 3.4: 10 areas
- 3.5: 6 areas
- 3.6: 3 areas
- 3.7: 1 area
- 3.8: 2 areas
- 3.9: 0 areas
- 4.0: 1 area
- 4.1: 0 areas
- 4.2: 1 area
All postcode areas, 2021. The marker is 5576, SA — lower than 86% of areas.
| 5576, SA | 2.1 |
|---|---|
| Yorke Peninsula | 2.1 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Living alone is far more common here than across Australia, where the figure is 25.6%. Consequently, the area has much fewer people per home than most places, though this number has edged up slightly since 2011.
37.6% ▲ +1.9%
Higher than 90% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 36.9%
- 2016: 33.1%
- 2021: 37.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →5576, SA splits fairly evenly between 2 people (40%) and 1 person (37%), with 3 people at 10%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 48.5% of families, while those without children account for 43.4%. One-parent families are much less common than in most areas, falling to 7.3% in 2021.
7.3% ▼ -34.9%
Lower than 87% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 7.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In 5576, SA, the largest group is Couples with children at 49%, followed by Couples without children (43%) and One-parent families (7%).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in 5576, SA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA5576/5576-sa/topic/family-households